Droste Effect

Overview

For this exercise each of you will be modifying an image of your choosing by way of the Droste Effect.

The Droste Effect is the effect of a picture appearing within itself, in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear.

The appearance is recursive, meaning the smaller version contains an even smaller version of the picture, and so on...

Only in theory could this go on forever. Practically, however, it continues only as long as the resolution of the picture allows, which is relatively short, since each iteration geometrically reduces the picture's size.

Instructions

Look for an image that already has a logical place for image insertion.

Make sure there is ample room for the effect to place.

Photos of buildings with windows work well and so do people holding up flat objects.

Be mindful of aspect ratio similarities when working with rectangular imagery.